Now this is what I like to see. Smaller, alternative operating systems have been dying by the dozens these past 6 years or so, so in order for the remainder to survive, they need to work together. ReactOS and Haiku have been doing that for a while now, and the latest fruits of this collaboration is a much-improved USB stack for ReactOS.

XP UI with most of the effects turned off is Win2k ... might as well use something that works and is well supported rather than this project that is chasing a target that is accelerating faster then them.